I’m not sure if this has been posted previously but Tor.com has a free ebook club. Each month they feature a book you can download for free. You do need to create an account and be a “member” of the ebook club. They offer in two formats: one for Kindle and one for Apple.
This month’s selection is The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson. Tor.com Ebook Club
@sammydog01@therealjrn Glad to help! I like getting free books. It is nice to have “emergency” books around for when I can’t get to the library. Also, there have been a couple of ones that I had already read but I would like to own.
Yep, still reading. In between my gloom and doom books, I finished Kimberly Williams-Paisly’s book, Where the Light Gets In. It’s about her mom’s Alzheimer’s, or rather a variant of. It was one of the 99 cent on sale books. It might have been worth that much.
Alzheimer’s seems to run in my mom’s side of the family – great grandmother and grandmother. Mom had a stroke before she could be diagnosed, but I was seeing some things similar to what the grands had been doing.
Anyway, I’ve read several books on Alzheimer’s. Does this help me any? Maybe a little.
Right now, I could use a book on cable repair. We had some very strong winds a couple of days ago and they ripped out my cable connection to my house. I only have intermittent internet, depending on which way the wind is blowing, I guess.
I’m on the repair list for next Wednesday. Bummer.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Kondo, Marie - I’ve been reading this for a couple of years. I like it but I only read a couple of sections then go back to fiction until I remember it again.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by McNamara, Michelle - Currently reading this book club choice. Interesting so far.
Recent reads:
Abduction (A Shefford-Johnson Case, #1) Dyson, Wanda L. [ 3 of 5 stars ]
Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) Harris, Charlaine [ 4 of 5 stars ]
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) Grafton, Sue [ 2 of 5 stars ]
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) Zindel, Paul [ 3 of 5 stars ]
These two in a row I did not finish because I disliked them so much, and that is rare for me.
Murder in Mayberry: Greed, Death and Mayhem in a Small Town by Jack & Mary Branson
@f00l Generally, it’s the writing that turns me off books. Murder in Mayberry spent too much time praising themselves, the victim, and their relationship with the victim and each other then threw in a confusing cast of characters. When I realized I didn’t care who done it, I stopped reading it.
Girl with a Pearl Earring was simply boring. I don’t care about art, that painting or artist.
@callow@f00l@sammydog01 The only book in the Kinsey Milhone series I read was R is for Ricohet.
I found it was a big turn-off, personally.
Is the series just not for me, or was that not a representative sample?
To be clear, I’m not trying to bash the book or the author. I’m not the target audience for everything.
@f00l@Limewater@sammydog01
No, I haven’t read anything else by Charlaine Harris, I’ll look for them. Thanks!
My bad! When I want something fun I read Stephanie Plum or Sookie books. I’ve read the first five of each series. I have to read series in order, it’s a problem I have.
Kinsey Milhone I’ve only read the first and wasn’t thrilled [ 2 of 5 stars ] but assume they get better since she has such a huge following.
@callow@f00l@Limewater I bought a pile of Sookie Stackhouse books at the library sale. They’re sitting in a pile waiting to go to Goodwill. I should read them but don’t like the tiny little mass market paperbook type. The first one is three bucks on Kindle- maybe I’ll buy it. The first Midnight, Texas book is three bucks too.
I have read through G or H in the Kinsey Milhone series- they’re all pretty much all the same. I guess either you like them or you don’t.
I just finished up reading how to assemble my new Swiffer sweeper. I read it man-style which means I didn’t look at the instructions and just stuck the parts together.
I recently read “Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife” by Irene Spencer, that was really pretty good.
Also, “The Drama Teacher” by Koren Zailckas I just finished yesterday, pretty good there.
Oh! And “The Cast” by Amy Blumenfeld was really good.
oooh! And “The Dream Daughter” by Diane Chamberlain was wonderfullll.
I just finished The Night Window by Dean Koontz. It is the finale of the 5-book Jane Hawk series. I enjoyed the series and I thought he did a pretty good job of wrapping up the story line.
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum First Edition, Kindle Edition
by Jason Felch (Author),
Ralph Frammolino (Author)
Now $1.99
It seems the Getty Museum had been purchasing looted/stolen art for many years.
@Barney@sammydog01 I liked the Running Man movie along with the Hunger Games. And 47 sockpuppets is some serious sockpupping. And the price is right (another show I like) I’m In!
@ruottaurmind I know you are busy, but here’s a feebie book you might want to get. The meh sockpuppets decided that the price was right for their spending habits.
Edit: Of course if you had let me keep your Amazon account, I could have loaded it onto your Kindle and not bothered you.
Here’s a question: I apparently have an amazon kindle book credit called a Special Wish List Credit that expires in six days. I have no idea where it came from. It’s only good on some books, and appears to have nothing to do with my wish list. Did anyone else get one and if you did, can you tell me why I have it? I guess it doesn’t matter, but I’m curious.
I’m not sure if this has been posted previously but Tor.com has a free ebook club. Each month they feature a book you can download for free. You do need to create an account and be a “member” of the ebook club. They offer in two formats: one for Kindle and one for Apple.
This month’s selection is The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson.
Tor.com Ebook Club
@cf1 I did not know that. I just signed up.
@sammydog01 Thank you @cf1! I apparently was already a member from before my memory can recall. But I got all signed up again with a new password.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn Glad to help! I like getting free books. It is nice to have “emergency” books around for when I can’t get to the library. Also, there have been a couple of ones that I had already read but I would like to own.
Yep, still reading. In between my gloom and doom books, I finished Kimberly Williams-Paisly’s book, Where the Light Gets In. It’s about her mom’s Alzheimer’s, or rather a variant of. It was one of the 99 cent on sale books. It might have been worth that much.
Alzheimer’s seems to run in my mom’s side of the family – great grandmother and grandmother. Mom had a stroke before she could be diagnosed, but I was seeing some things similar to what the grands had been doing.
Anyway, I’ve read several books on Alzheimer’s. Does this help me any? Maybe a little.
Right now, I could use a book on cable repair. We had some very strong winds a couple of days ago and they ripped out my cable connection to my house. I only have intermittent internet, depending on which way the wind is blowing, I guess.
I’m on the repair list for next Wednesday. Bummer.
@Barney /Blame the GoaT @tinamarie1974
@Barney @therealjrn
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Kondo, Marie - I’ve been reading this for a couple of years. I like it but I only read a couple of sections then go back to fiction until I remember it again.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by McNamara, Michelle - Currently reading this book club choice. Interesting so far.
Recent reads:
Abduction (A Shefford-Johnson Case, #1) Dyson, Wanda L. [ 3 of 5 stars ]
Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) Harris, Charlaine [ 4 of 5 stars ]
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) Grafton, Sue [ 2 of 5 stars ]
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) Zindel, Paul [ 3 of 5 stars ]
These two in a row I did not finish because I disliked them so much, and that is rare for me.
Murder in Mayberry: Greed, Death and Mayhem in a Small Town by Jack & Mary Branson
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Chevalier, Tracy
@callow Woo, Paul Zindel! I like his weirder books better, honestly.
@callow
What did you dislike so much about each of the final two?
@f00l Generally, it’s the writing that turns me off books. Murder in Mayberry spent too much time praising themselves, the victim, and their relationship with the victim and each other then threw in a confusing cast of characters. When I realized I didn’t care who done it, I stopped reading it.
Girl with a Pearl Earring was simply boring. I don’t care about art, that painting or artist.
@callow @f00l I like the Kinsey Milhone books. They’re easy summer reading.
@callow @sammydog01
Re reading I just tend to
“follow wherever a current interest or fancy leads”.
And that’s what makes it all so pleasant and rewarding.
@f00l @sammydog01 When I have a run of bad books or more serious books I read a Kinsey Milhone or Sookie Stackhouse book to lighten up. They are fun.
@callow @sammydog01
Sookie is fun.
Since you like that, have you ever tried any of the mysteries by the same writer?
If you want to see a similar combo of gentle humor, socially revealing conduct, and good storytelling, try those. Esp the Aurora Teagarden series.
@callow @f00l @sammydog01 The only book in the Kinsey Milhone series I read was R is for Ricohet.
I found it was a big turn-off, personally.
Is the series just not for me, or was that not a representative sample?
To be clear, I’m not trying to bash the book or the author. I’m not the target audience for everything.
@callow @f00l @sammydog01 Ricohet -> Ricochet. I’m never going to start proof-reading my posts.
@f00l @Limewater @sammydog01
No, I haven’t read anything else by Charlaine Harris, I’ll look for them. Thanks!
My bad! When I want something fun I read Stephanie Plum or Sookie books. I’ve read the first five of each series. I have to read series in order, it’s a problem I have.
Kinsey Milhone I’ve only read the first and wasn’t thrilled [ 2 of 5 stars ] but assume they get better since she has such a huge following.
@callow @f00l @Limewater I bought a pile of Sookie Stackhouse books at the library sale. They’re sitting in a pile waiting to go to Goodwill. I should read them but don’t like the tiny little mass market paperbook type. The first one is three bucks on Kindle- maybe I’ll buy it. The first Midnight, Texas book is three bucks too.
I have read through G or H in the Kinsey Milhone series- they’re all pretty much all the same. I guess either you like them or you don’t.
@sammydog01 Borrow the ebook from the library?
I tell ya, those cell phones are deadly.
Robin Cook’s book Cell proves it. Now on sale for $1.99. For how long? I don’t know.
https://www.amazon.com/Cell-Medical-Thriller-Robin-Cook-ebook/dp/B00DGZKZ7E/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UCVFOAS09W1U&keywords=cell+robin+cook&qid=1560097819&s=gateway&sprefix=cell+robin%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1
@Barney Only until Zuckerberg hears about it.
If you haven’t read Good Omens I recommend it.
@ThatsHeadly I need to reread this.
I just finished up reading how to assemble my new Swiffer sweeper. I read it man-style which means I didn’t look at the instructions and just stuck the parts together.
@therealjrn
Manly-construct-and-repair genre?
I’m reading Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey. It’s very messed up in a fun way.
@sammydog01
Perfect for summer then.
I might have to get into a Hiaasen mood.
Summer + Weird + Florida
equals
good excuse to hide under the A/C.
I recently read “Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife” by Irene Spencer, that was really pretty good.
Also, “The Drama Teacher” by Koren Zailckas I just finished yesterday, pretty good there.
Oh! And “The Cast” by Amy Blumenfeld was really good.
oooh! And “The Dream Daughter” by Diane Chamberlain was wonderfullll.
This week’s free audiobook downloads from the teen project:
https://www.audiobooksync.com/
I just finished The Night Window by Dean Koontz. It is the finale of the 5-book Jane Hawk series. I enjoyed the series and I thought he did a pretty good job of wrapping up the story line.
This topic had been a little inactive. But, we’ve all been reading, right?
I’ve just had a grand time with this one:
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
By Bernard Cornwell
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo:_The_History_of_Four_Days,_Three_Armies_and_Three_Battles
A kindle book deal
https://slickdeals.net/?sdtrk=iphone&apikey=e557ed650c61aae48df293213287bb27ab419556&api_key_id=15875748&sdpid=128358709&sdtid=13162006&sdfid=9&sdfib=1&lno=1&trd=Chasing Aphrodite The Hunt for L&pv=&au=&u2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB004X7TLOC%3Fsdsrc%3Dstaff
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum First Edition, Kindle Edition
by Jason Felch (Author),
Ralph Frammolino (Author)
Now $1.99
It seems the Getty Museum had been purchasing looted/stolen art for many years.
Best-selling writers have books on sale today for the Kindle Daily Deal
David Baldacci
Daniel Silva
Madeline Miller
Walter Mosley
James Patterson
JRR Tolkien
A lot of mysteries/thrillers. But many other genres also. A few are non-fiction. 51 books,
Worth a look?
https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=mh_6165851011_is_pp_2?rh=n%3A6165851011&ie=UTF8&qid=1561321104&node=6165851011
Has anyone read The Tetradome Run?
It’s free today, maybe tomorrow, the next day? Who knows? But free is nice.
https://www.amazon.com/Tetradome-Run-Spencer-Baum-ebook/dp/B07FT3QZYB?_bbid=12524297&_bbtype=email
@Barney Free is nice, and 47 sockpuppets on Amazon loved it. I’ll give it a try. Thanks!
@sammydog01 The book is probably a dud, but how can 47 sockpuppets all be wrong?
@Barney @sammydog01 I liked the Running Man movie along with the Hunger Games. And 47 sockpuppets is some serious sockpupping. And the price is right (another show I like) I’m In!
@Barney @sammydog01 @therealjrn Goodreads has 96 ratings coming to 4.36 out of 5. I’m willing to risk $0 on it!
@callow @sammydog01 @therealjrn Y’all are such big spenders.
@ruottaurmind I know you are busy, but here’s a feebie book you might want to get. The meh sockpuppets decided that the price was right for their spending habits.
Edit: Of course if you had let me keep your Amazon account, I could have loaded it onto your Kindle and not bothered you.
Here’s a question: I apparently have an amazon kindle book credit called a Special Wish List Credit that expires in six days. I have no idea where it came from. It’s only good on some books, and appears to have nothing to do with my wish list. Did anyone else get one and if you did, can you tell me why I have it? I guess it doesn’t matter, but I’m curious.
@mossygreen
No idea about that. : (
But glad you have the credit.
One of the various Kindle daily deals for Friday June 7
Good until midnight PT. So this price is up for another 2 hours or so.
Marc J. Seifer
Wizard: The Life And Times Of Nikola Tesla
$2.99
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005VSN8RI/ref=mh_s9_acsd_hps_c_x_3_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-2&pf_rd_r=88Q3N3J6E7HX89GPJA12&pf_rd_t=1201&pf_rd_p=0a04e340-2f9f-48f9-b80c-631c868bb34e&pf_rd_i=11552285011
On sale for 15% off, its a steal.
In keeping with the science theme from above, a summer recommendation from my reading pal, Paige Turner:
Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29
(Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series)
The reviews are outstanding.
“Paige Turner”? :groan:
@therealjrn
I sometimes have a reading pal:
Ima Napping.
@f00l She got married. She now goes by Ima Reeding.